Jar-fastener



I (N0 Model.)

- M. F. DICKEY.V

JAR PASTENER.

Patented Apr. 5, 1887'.

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lUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

MARION FLUTGHER DICKEY, OF YEGUA, TEXAS.

JAR-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 360,515, dated April 5, 1887.

Application tiled February 2, i887. Serial No. 226,311. (No model.)

To cans or jars;` and the object I have in view is to provide a fastening device which will be j simple in construction, easy and efficient in operation, and which can be readily applied to or removed from the can orjar. This obi5 ject I attain by the use of the device shown in lthe accompanying drawings; and the novelty consists in certain features thereot',herein after tirst fully described, and then specifically pointed out in the claim.

In the said drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a fruit-jar provided with my improved fastening device, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing a modified form especially adapted for use upon the ordinary fruit Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line x x, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 isa horizontal section on the line y y. plan view.

A is a fruitjar or can, and B is a cap-plate 3o rest-ing upon and closing the upper open end thereof.

C is a rubber packing ring or disk placed between the under side of the cap-plate B and the upper end or top of thejar, to more effec- The cap plate B is provided with perforated lugs or ears b,which are so arranged as to come on diametricallyopposite sides of the jar when the device is properly applied to the same. The jar is pro- .io vided with vertical grooves E on its sides diametrically opposite each other, and a groove, D, extending across the bottom and connecting the ends of the grooves E, thus forming one continuous groove around the jar in a vertical plane. Within this groove E D E,I place a U shaped bolt, II, the ends of which are rigtisa plied in the usual manner, and the bolts are inserted upward through the base and cap plates, and secured by nuts, in the same manner as formerly. In thisl ease it will be seen that I employ two bolts of the ordinary construe tion instead of the single U 4shaped bolt used in the former arrangement. In bot-h forms it will be seen that the bolts are fixed in place and thejar is closed by the cap-plate by turning the securinglnuts up against the plate, which will force it against the top of the jar. The bolts extend below the bottom of thejar and the pressure exerted by the bolts, or the strain pnt upon them, is resisted bythe entire jar and not by small lugs orprojections there- 011 as has been done heretofore.

Having thus described inyinvention, whatI claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

Ihe combiuation,with a fruit can orjarhaving a continuous groove across its bottom and up its sides, of a Ushaped bolt resting in said groove, a cap-plate resting on the top of thejar and through which the legs of the bolt extend, and securing nuts turning on the ends of the boltabovc the eap-plate, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence` of two witnesses.

MARION FLUTCHER- DICKEY. fitnessesz B. F. Cowan, E. J. HARVEY. 

